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Unread 03/11/2017, 03:27 PM   #1
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bought a distressed frag of hammer, knowingly...

and the thing fractured, split from top to bottom. Well, naturally it died---almost. Live tissue remains. And one TINY nub of green that is now dimmed with more tissue atop. It SEEMS possibly to be filming over, possibly laying down skeleton. I've had popped heads regrow skeleton, no problem, if stabilized in a dish, say; but a vertically bisected head? Curious. I expect it to die, but it's been a week like this.


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Unread 03/12/2017, 02:55 AM   #2
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I have seen them come back when all i could see was a spec of green in the skeleton. I would say there is always hope if there is some tissue.


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Unread 03/13/2017, 09:16 AM   #3
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Interesting. Speck of green is what I've got.


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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.

Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 03/13/2017, 09:35 AM   #4
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I have broke them in half when fragging on accident and some make it. As long as there is some flesh there is a chance


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Unread 03/21/2017, 10:24 AM   #5
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update: ten days later, still alive: split from top to bottom, bisected vertically, and still the thing is alive.


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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.

Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 03/21/2017, 08:30 PM   #6
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Hope it makes it

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Unread 03/21/2017, 09:32 PM   #7
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I took a hammer off a guy that was almost all white(it was for sale for almost nothing so I thought I might as well try to save it)There was only one little piece of green showing. That thing took off and has now been fragged many times. Like everyone is saying, if there's tissue there's still hope!


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